Shoe polishing structures



March 6, 1956 K. J. ERTLER SHOE POLISHING STRUCTURES Filed Feb. l3, 1953 United, States Patent 2O SHOE POLISHING STRUCTURES Karl J. Ertler, Portland, Oreg.

Application February 13, 1953, Serial No. 336,707

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-266) This invention relates to shoe polishing structures, but more particularly to a combination that is folded up and released for use by a single manual operation.

Applicant is cognizant of the fact that several structures of this kind have been manufactured and used, but considers the embodiment illustrated and described in this application to place it in the precinct of invention and to avoid the claims of similar articles disclosed in the art as it exists.

One object of this invention is to provide a manually foldable and releasable shoe shining structure that has sufficient supporting means to withstand the weight of the user.

Another object is to provide revoluble means to the shoe-rest to hold a polishing cloth which gives the shoes a final lustre after the brushing operation is complete.

A further object is to so construct this device that the supporting means has sufficient length when opened for use that the operator will have freedom of action and ample space to use the device without contacting a partition or other obstruction while in a stooped position, and again:

To provide a shoe polishing device that may be folded into a box to be placed in a closet or be built into a convenient nook in a house, and further:

To provide a structure that is arranged to contain storage space for all of the necessary articles used in polishing shoes; and further:

To provide a shoe polishing device that is simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture and occupies a minimum of space when folded up and out of use.

With these and other useful objects in view, this shoe polishing device contains other novel features to be more fully set forth in the following specification and appended claim which taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, form part of this application.

In the drawing Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of an embodiment of the invention in open and closed positions:

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same folded up when out of use:

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the underside of the foot rest and polishing cloth holder, and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of Fig. 3 showing a diagram of a polishing cloth fitted over a portion of a shoe.

With further and more detailed reference to the drawing the numeral 2 is a conventional form of receptacle built into a room open at the front 3 and closed at back 4, bottom 5, top 6 and by side-walls 7 and 8, through which passes an axle 9 to support rectangular arms 10-11 which taper inwardly toward their upper ends where they are pivoted to a vertical leg 12 by means of trunnion 13 which passes through leg 12 and arms 10-11 for the purpose of holding said leg in a firm position when resting on floor 14.

Centrally located intermediate arms 10-11 is a brace 15 having an offset 16 formed at the lower portion thereof which acts as a clearance over axle 9 when the polishing device is in folded position. Said brace 15 operates 2,736,918 Patented Mar. 6, 1 i;

one shaft'17passing through the side walls of receptacle 2 and is attachedto leg 12 by means of pin 18 which passes through an orifice in brace 15 and is supported by the outer walls 19-20 of channel 21 formed in leg 12, and into which brace 15 is housed when the structure is folded.

Parallel and of coordinate length with leg 12 is a supporting rod 22 for the underside of the heel recess 23 which is an integral part of shoe-rest 24. Said supporting rod being slidably mounted in sleeves 25 which are attached to leg 12, while shoe-rest 24 rests horizontally atop leg 12 When in normal operable position and is attached to leg 12 by means of links 26 which are pivoted to said leg and shoe-rest and lie parallel with the top of said leg when positioned for use and thrown backward when folded as shown in Fig. 1. The shoe-rest is held firmly atop leg 12 by means of a helical spring 27 which is moved backwardly and released when folded.

An additional novel feature of this invention is the polishing cloth holder which comprises two rods 28-29 with inwardly bent portions 30-31 and additional compound bends forming trunnions 32-33 and terminating at their free ends into detents 34-35 which normally rest on metal plate 36, while the trunnions pass through lugs 37-38 of hinge 39 which is screwed to the underside of shoe-rest 24.

Revolubly mounted on rods 23-29 are a plurality of tubular rolls 40 which slide over said rods before brace 41 is attached to said rods to hold them in substantially parallel alinement. It will be seen in Fig. 1 that surface 42 of brace 41 is in the same horizontal plane as the top surface of shoe-rest 24 in order that the operator may press the shoe thereon to keep the cloth holder in a fixed position during the final operation of polishing with the cloth. The pressure of the shoe on surface 42 also urges detents 34-35 against plate 36 for the purpose of hold ing the shoe rest in substantially horizontal alinernent.

in order to operate the illustrated embodiment of this invention the structure is released from its folded position until leg 12 and rod 22 rest on floor 14 as shown in Fig. l. The operator then places his shoe atop shoe-rest 24 and performs the conventional operations of shoe polishing which is finished by a polishing cloth designated by numeral 4.3 in Fig. 4. The cloth holder is lifted upwardly by manual operation and the polishing cloth placed under the tubular rolls. The cloth holder is then pressed downwardly until detents 34-35 register with plate 36 which brings surface 42 in horizontal alinement with the upper surface of shoe-rest 24.

The embodiment of this invention may be made of any material and built to any dimensions necessary for the requirements of such a structure, and While preferred forms of mechanisms have been illustrated and described it is the intention of applicant to use any mechanical equivalents and substitutes that may be fairly considered to be Within the scope and purview of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invention so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may be enabled to construct and use the same what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A receptacle adapted to be attached within a room having a foldable and releasable shoe-polishing structure attached to said receptacle, comprising an axle supported by said receptacle, arms each having one end thereof pivoted to said axle, a leg to which the opposite ends of said arms are pivoted, a shaft attached to the receptacle below the axle, a brace parallel with said arms pivotally connected to the shaft and leg, a recess formed in said leg for the purpose of nesting said brace when the structure is folded, sleeves affixed to the leg, a supporting rod of coordinate length with the leg longitudinally operable in said sleeves, a shoe-rest pivoted atop said leg, links pivotally attaching said shoe-rest to the leg, helical springs connected to said leg and shoe-rest for the purpose of holding the shoe-rest in rectangular relation with the leg during the polishing operation, a hinge attached to the 5 underside of said shoe-rest, a metal plate attached to said shoe-rest parallel with the hinge, a cloth holder having 439,831 inwardly extending trunnions integral therewith axially 886,756 attaching the cloth holder to the hinge, detents integral 1,007,259

with the trunnions to register with the metal plate when 10 1920371 UNITED STATES PATENTS Bogart Nov. 4, Bigford May 5, Young Oct. 31, Gerstner Aug. 1,

pressure is applied to the toe end of the cloth holder by the operator, and a plurality of tubular rolls revolubly and longitudinally operable on each side of the shoe-rest.

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